In a 2016 interview from the Everest basecamp, Dr. Nima Namgyal Sherpa told VOA that in the past, the glacial streams in the mid-Everest region started flowing in May, but the Sherpas now see the flow beginning in April.
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Sherpa
//ˈʃɝpə//
Synonyms for "sherpa" (1 found)
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
41 translations across 17 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- sherpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Catalan
3 entries- xerpa name (language)
- xerpa noun (member of an ethnic group)
- xerpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 夏爾巴人 /夏尔巴人 noun (member of an ethnic group)
Czech
3 entries- nosič noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
- sherpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
- šerpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Dutch
2 entries- sherpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
- sjerpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Finnish
2 entries- šerpa name (language)
- sherpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
German
2 entries- Sherpa name (language)
- Sherpa noun (member of an ethnic group)
Hindi
1 entries- शेर्पा noun (member of an ethnic group)
Hungarian
2 entries- serpa noun (member of an ethnic group)
- serpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Nepali
3 entries- शेर्पा भाषा name (language)
- शेर्पा noun (member of an ethnic group)
- शेर्पा noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Polish
2 entries- Szerpa noun (member of an ethnic group)
- Szerpijka noun (member of an ethnic group)
Portuguese
3 entries- xerpa name (language)
- xerpa noun (member of an ethnic group)
- xerpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Romanian
1 entries- șerpaș noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Russian
4 entries- шерпский name (language)
- проводни́к-ше́рпа noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
- ше́рпа noun (member of an ethnic group)
- ше́рпа noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Sherpa
3 entries- शेर्वी तम्ङे name (language)
- शेर्पा noun (member of an ethnic group)
- ཤེརཔཱ noun (member of an ethnic group)
Spanish
3 entries- sherpa noun (member of an ethnic group)
- sherpa noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
- tlameme noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
Tibetan
3 entries- ཤར་པའི་སྐད name (language)
- ཤར་པ noun (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)
- ཤར་བ noun (member of an ethnic group)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The sherpa blanket on the couch is perfect for cold evenings.
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I love this hoodie — the sherpa lining makes it incredibly soft and warm.
Source: tatoeba (13361989)
This jacket has a sherpa lining that keeps you warm even in freezing temperatures.
Source: tatoeba (13361991)
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